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Goodson will begin his tenure on April 1.

A mechanical engineer discusses her recent advances in robotic surgery, including millimeter-scale robots that travel through the bloodstream to deliver treatment.

Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed a lightweight, comfortable knit sleeve that uses pressure-based haptics to simulate touch, opening up new possibilities for weara

How soft robotics and teleoperation could improve mobility and recovery in patients.

Stanford Engineering faculty are building on our deep robotics history and creating advanced and intelligent robots with far-reaching capabilities.

A new study of a blind student’s experience reveals which accessibility tools can improve learning – and what gaps remain.

Two new biology lab tools will help researchers quickly turn out scores of uniformly sized tissue samples to study many therapies at once.

One of the foremost experts on experimental methods in the thermal sciences, Moffat is remembered for insights related to the cooling of gas turbines and electronic systems and for

Stanford materials engineers have 3D printed tens of thousands of hard-to-manufacture nanoparticles long predicted to yield promising new materials that change form in an instant.

Researchers at Stanford have designed a spring-assisted actuator – a device that can accomplish dynamic tasks using a fraction of the energy previously required.

For those with stroke, involuntary contractions of the hands and arms often follow. A simple, wearable vibrating glove may offer a more effective treatment.

Researchers at Stanford show that breast cancer cells work together to physically tear through barriers and spread.

With synchronous video from a pair of smartphones, engineers at Stanford have created an open-source motion-capture app that democratizes the science of human movement.

Advances in the 3D printing of living tissue puts within reach the possibility of fabricating whole organs from scratch and implanting them living beings.

By helping researchers choose among thousands of available computational models of mechanical stress on the brain, AI is yielding powerful new insight on traumatic brain injury.

In the race for fast-charging, energy-dense lithium metal batteries, scientists discovered why the promising solid electrolyte version has not performed as hoped.

Engineers have designed a new material for nanoscale 3D printing that is able to absorb twice as much energy and could be used to create better lightweight protective lattices.

After years of careful development, engineers have created a boot-like exoskeleton that increases walking speed and reduces effort outside of the lab.

A believer in the power of design to change the world, McKim’s philosophy of “visual thinking” and his unique creative methods echo in Stanford’s legendary design program today.

A Stanford professor explains how fluid mechanics can help decrease the sound generated by airplanes.